{"title":"Jonathan Marshall","description":"Peter Dale Scott is Professor of English Emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley, and the author of Deep Politics and the Death of JFK (California, 1993). Scott is also a poet: in 2002, his \"Seculum\" trilogy won a Lannan Literary Award. Jonathan Marshall is the Economics Editor of the San Francisco Chronicle and the author of To Have and Have Not: Southeast Asian Raw Materials and the Origins of the Pacific War (California, 1995).","products":[{"product_id":"cocaine-politics-drugs-armies-and-the-cia-in-central-america-updated-edition-paperback","title":"Cocaine Politics: Drugs, Armies, and the CIA in Central America, Updated Edition - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen the \u003ci\u003eSan Jose Mercury News\u003c\/i\u003e ran a controversial series of stories in 1996 on the relationship between the CIA, the Contras, and crack, they reignited the issue of the intelligence agency's connections to drug trafficking, initially brought to light during the Vietnam War and then again by the Iran-Contra affair. Broad in scope and extensively documented, \u003ci\u003eCocaine Politics\u003c\/i\u003e shows that under the cover of national security and covert operations, the U.S. government has repeatedly collaborated with and protected major international drug traffickers. A new preface discusses developments of the last six years, including the \u003ci\u003eMercury News\u003c\/i\u003e stories and the public reaction they provoked.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eTells the sordid story of how elements of our own government went to work with narcotics traffickers, and then fought to suppress the truth about what they had done.--Jonathan Winer, Counsel, Kerry Subcommittee on Terrorism and Narcotics\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51366004228319,"sku":"9780520214491","price":55.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/hrZ_K26UdB9780520214491.webp?v=1789077267"},{"product_id":"the-lebanese-connection-corruption-civil-war-and-the-international-drug-traffic-hardcover","title":"The Lebanese Connection: Corruption, Civil War, and the International Drug Traffic - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLong before Mexico, Colombia, and Afghanistan became notorious for their contributions to the global drug traffic, Lebanon was a special target of U.S. drug agents for harboring the world's greatest single transit port in the international traffic in narcotics. In the words of one American official, \"certain of the largest traffickers are so influential politically, and certain highly placed officials so deeply involved in the narcotic traffic, that one might well state that the Lebanese Government is in the narcotics business.\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUsing previously secret government records, \u003ci\u003eThe Lebanese Connection\u003c\/i\u003e uncovers for the first time the story of how Lebanon's economy and political system were corrupted by drug profits--and how, by financing its many ruthless militia, Lebanon's drug trade contributed to the country's greatest catastrophe, its fifteen-year civil war from 1975 to 1990. In so doing, this book sheds new light on the dangerous role of vast criminal enterprises in the collapse of states and the creation of war economies that thrive in the midst of civil conflicts.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTaking a regional approach to the drug issue, Jonathan Marshall assesses the culpability of Syria, Israel, and of Palestinian factions and other groups that used Lebanon as their battleground. On the international level, he documents Lebanon's contribution to the hard drug problem of major consuming countries, from the days of the \"French Connection\" through the \"Pizza Connection,\" as well as Lebanon's unrivaled place in the global hashish market.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51366137954527,"sku":"9780804781312","price":47.88,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/oTMww-EQec9780804781312.webp?v=1789084370"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/jonathan-marshall.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}